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Wife who held onto husband’s legs to stop him being sucked out of plane window thought ‘If we die, we die together’
New York Post • • business
Key Points:
- A Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen experienced a window shattering at 20,000 feet due to engine debris, causing Serbian passenger Ljubiša Karović to be partially pulled out of the aircraft.
- Karović's wife, Svetlana Grković, grabbed his legs to prevent him from being sucked out completely, despite the terrifying circumstances and his loss of consciousness multiple times.
- Karović sustained serious injuries, including burns and head trauma, and remains in shock with memory loss of the incident, but his wife emphasized relief that he survived.
- The plane safely returned to Thessaloniki after the incident, with one passenger needing medical assistance on the ground, and the damaged engine nacelle was visibly shredded.
- Ryanair confirmed the window dislodged mid-flight, and the event is currently under investigation, with affected passengers transferred to a replacement aircraft.
